>Twilight jokingly refers to her belly as a separate pony>It becomes a running joke, where she asks for food 'for Belly', always leaves a second chair open for it, etc>One day, she asks her belly if it's hungry>It begins rumbling and doesn't stop until she's eaten two full cakes>From then on, her belly becomes extremely active, groaning and gurgling all day long, only stopping momentarily when she eats>Twilight sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night in the kitchen, stuffing her face with cake>Weirdly, she's even stopped gaining weight across her body, with all her fat now focusing on her belly>In confusion, she casts a spell to detect life, thinking that somepony must be playing a trick on her>It detects two separate living things in the room>One of them is her>And one of them is her belly

Twilight walks into homeroom, and just as she expected, Rarity is there. And of course, she’s struggling to get her newly immense body into her desk. Out of the corner of her eye, Twilight sees a trashcan filled with the bags of fast food. The crumpled logos of Taco Buzz, Burger Queen, and McDandy’s can be seen. Oh, yeah, Twilight thought, She brought enough food to feed a family of six.

"Tsk. Oh, goodness gracious." Twilight looks up again at her mammoth-sized friend. She’s only got half of her giant rear in the desk, and already its legs are bending outward, bringing the seat much lower. Huffing and puffing, Rarity lifts herself up and stands over the desk. If she had to guess, Twilight would say Rarity was nearing 600.

"Hey, Rarity," Twilight greets. Breathing heavily, Rarity turns and waves back. But as she did, Twilight noticed how much her arms, breasts, and even her gut jiggled with every slight movement. "Can we talk?"

One awkward conversation later, Twilight’s sitting at her desk as Rarity leans close. As glad as she is to have Rarity take the time to listen to her, Twilight wishes her massive friend didn’t have to lean in so closely. Rarity’s cushioned bosoms are taking up a lot of breathing space. One breast is weighing down the desk, while the other is resting Twilight’s lap. Twilight tried her best not to be rude and stare down Rarity’s cleavage. I can’t believe Rarity hasn’t noticed any of this.

"Honestly, darling…" Rarity chuckled, "Why so worried? So, I may have… overindulged a bit during the summer. What’s the big deal?."

"You’re the big deal." Twilight knew it was time to give some harsh truths, "Rarity… You’ve grown too big for your desk. Your breasts are larger than my head. And you’re about as heavy as a baby whale. Maybe even heavier; you did go to at least three fast food places this morning."

Suddenly, Rarity feels something very familiar. She bounces up to her feet and looks down at her fat marshmallow body. "Oooh, my goodness." Twilight got the immediate sense that something was happening. Did Rarity finally eat too much? Is it gas? Is she sick?

But then, a low, thundering growl gurgled from within her vast stomach. "Oh?" Rarity blushes as presses down on her squishy belly. "I guess all that food wasn’t enough to fill me up. What time is lunch?"

"How can you STILL be hungry!? It’s barely 10:00!"

"Well, what can I say?" she shrugged, "I should’ve gone back for seconds."

>>397The search for the missing Friendship Map continues. Although it has been long day, very little has progress has been made. One reason might be that Starlight Glimmer keeps bottling up her anger, drastically draining her energy. Another possible reason could be that the “great and powerful” Trixie is having a bit of trouble with her eating habits.

Ever since her misadventures with the Changelings, she’s always celebrating her victorious rescue mission, perhaps a little too much. All those parties, all those feasts, and all those complimentary meals from every restaurant she walks into was bound to take its toll. Having now ballooned to five times her original size, the former little pony is huge. Not just fat. Huge!

And even though her friends didn’t mind how whale-sized Trixie became, days like today can be just infuriating. Starlight may be feeling slow and worn-out from all the anger she’s hiding away, but at least she hasn’t reached Trixie’s level of sluggishness. Every “last place” she was thought of when she teleported the map which, luckily for her, happened to be places that offered her free food. And it certainly didn’t help that Trixie now waddles as fast as a tortoise.

But now, Starlight nearly cried tears of joy when she saw that Trixie’s next destination was a jewelry shop. It may or may not have the map, but at least it was a change of pace after so many greasy-smelling restaurants. She quickly walked in, but Trixie had to force her belly and hips through the door. Though she struggled to get through, Trixie seems to be paying more attention to her cinnamon nuts. Starlight rolls her eyes and runs up to the jeweler pony behind the counter.

“Ah, hello, fillies,” said the older pony, “uh, how can I help you? Oh, are those cinnamon nuts?”

Trixie continues to munch as she answers, “Mmm, yes.” Trixie’s voice seemed to have gotten slightly deeper ever since her weight skyrocketed “I got them from the cart outside. They’re delicious. Do you want some?”

Trixie snorted as she chuckles, “Yeah, I cast a pretty amazing spell that transported it to the last place I was thinking of. I thought maybe it was some delicious buffet, but I might have been thinking about how I’d treat myself to a nice brooch instead.”

“Ah, well, no huge table here,” the jeweler answered, “uh, are you still interested in that brooch?”

“No! We don’t have time for this!” Starlight shouted.

“Ooh, you know, what else I might have been thinking of?” Trixie said. She drops the last of the cinnamon nuts into her mouth. Still chewing, she says, “I was really craving apples. Let’s go to Sweet Apple Acres!”

Starlight just looked at her in disbelief. Yes, she was mad. But, she also amazed by how much food a pony could be stuffed with. She looked down at Trixie’s soft and fleshy body, and could swear she gained a few inches since this morning. In just two hours, she’d already eaten enough to feed a family of four for a week.

With deep and tired sigh, Starlight moves her anger into her bottle and continues with their journey.

“Twilight, I’m pretty sure you don’t need a third serving of lunch.” Spike complained as he walks beside his much larger friend. “I mean, have you looked yourself in the mirror lately?”

Twilight stops for a moment and looks at her reflection in the school’s trophy case. After a good look at her plumped body and a pat on her massive belly, she shrugs. “Oh, I’m sure it’ll be fine once we get back through the portal.”

“If you can even fit though the portal,” Spike grumbled to himself.

“What?” Twilight raised an eyebrow.

“Oh! Uh,” Spike stuttered nervously, “If you think this is such a big deal, then wouldn’t it be easier to do research from your castle?”

“Spike, I’ve already told you. It’s never going to be enough to simply research this world. This is a place that very few ponies have seen. It is important to gain a true experience of the culture that this world has to offer… Now, come on. It’s Taco Tuesday!”

Spike rolls his eyes, “Alright, but an experience isn’t the only thing you’re gaining.”

Bleh, the picture is good but I hate how Neongothic went with the whole tired 'Lul they got fat because video game addiction' route. That's just a boring, overplayed reason for weight gain…not to mention it literally doesn't fit Rarity's personality.

>>1665I've been toying with the idea that for whatever reason, the magic amulets are essentially making the humane seven fat, slowly but surely. The fact that their on laptops can just be a coincidence. Besides, the way Sunset is sitting is not conducive to gaming to begin with.

And don't get me wrong, I LOVE his screencap edits, I just wish he didn't run with the tired 'fat gamer girl' routine.